Mountain House, a division of OFD Foods, is the top of the line as far as I am concerned. You can purchase their products online at Emergency Essentials or Amazon.com or at many other online retailers. Stored properly, Mountain House products last up to 25+ years.

If you are lucky enough to live near an LDS Home Center, you are in for a treat. The LDS Home Centers are open to the public but call first because their hours may be limited. That said, you can find the best prices around on wheat, powdered instant milk, oats, and a number of other bulk foods for your food storage pantry.

My favorite method of storage is Mylar bags encased in buckets and sealed with a gamma seal. The gamma seal allows easy access to the contents and the bucket itself keeps out pest, such as the field mice that are so common where I live.

Books

When I first become a prepper, I thought that references to wheat were crazy. Who buys wheat these days? After reading this book by John Hill, I changed my tune. Who knew how useful wheat can be in the survival pantry. In this book you will learn how to cook, sprout, store and consume wheat as well as a number of other grains. I promise you, this book will change your view of wheat forever.

Prepper’s Guide to Food Storage is a book about food: What to store, how to store it and best practices. It is a roadmap for showing ordinary citizens that long-term food storage is not something that will overwhelm or burden the family budget.